All Housing articles – Page 9
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Features
The future of insulation
Manufacturers must create the next generation of products to deliver the homes of tomorrow, writes Paul Barrett, head of product management at ROCKWOOL
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News
Forecaster says housing starts will nosedive 40% next year
Capital Economics predicts drop will come amid steep house price falls as mortgage rates rise
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Features
After the storm: housebuilding’s prospects following the mini-budget
Kwasi Kwarteng’s growth plan was met with financial turmoil on the markets, but how badly is housebuilding likely to be affected?
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Comment
Pro-development rhetoric is all very well but industry needs more detail
Without wider reform and sufficient resources, proposals for investment zones are unlikely to give the sector the long-term tonic it needs
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News
Levelling up department says bill bearing its name won’t be scrapped
Rumours surfaced that legislation was to be binned after new planning and infrastructure bill announced on Friday
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News
Industry criticises lack of support for affordable housing in mini-budget
Chancellor attacked over shortage of measures to support low-income households
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News
Housing chiefs want planning reform everywhere – not just in new zones
Chancellor says ministers are in talks with 38 authorities about proposal to liberalise planning rules
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News
Kwarteng slashes stamp duty as he pledges to ‘get Britain building’
Chancellor’s ‘mini-budget’ included sweeping cuts to taxes and regulations aimed at reversing construction slump
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News
Relaxed planning rules, deregulation and lowered stamp duty: what to look out for in the mini-budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng due to speak later this morning
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Features
Soaring energy prices? That’s not a problem in my ecohouse
Forget everything you thought you knew about building design if you want to achieve net zero. I built a house that heats and cools itself naturally
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Comment
Kwarteng must rise to the challenge and tackle this energy crisis
Tomorrow’s fiscal statement is an important test for the new government. Fiona Duggan wonders whether it will rise to the challenge of tackling the energy crisis
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News
Keltbray to hand staff £1,000 cost of living payment
Contractor the latest firm to put hand in pocket to help employees struggling to meet bills
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Features
Overheating in residential buildings: A modern-day concern
It’s important we tackle this issue now and future-proof our systems to keep properties healthy and habitable going forward
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News
Housing minister goes as DLUHC team takes shape
Full details of ministerial portfolios still to be announced after death of Queen yesterday
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News
Rees-Mogg and Clarke appointed to key cabinet roles
Concern over appointment of climate change ‘sceptic’ Rees-Mogg to lead on net zero
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News
PRP appointed lead architect on Broadwater Farm estate refurb
Tottenham blocks found to be structurally unsound in tests carried out in wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
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Comment
Polarising, toxic and much misunderstood: it’s time to unbuckle the green belt
This public policy behemoth must change before it strangles the life out of the planning system, writes Samuel Stafford
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News
House price growth slowed in June
House prices in the UK rose 7.8% in the year to June, less than the rate of general inflation.
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News
Planning woes dog number of Persimmon completions
But housebuilder says it expects to hit target of building 15,000 homes this year
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News
Regulator drops ‘leasehold’ investigation into Barratt without taking action
Housebuilder ‘pleased’ as CMA cites ‘insufficient evidence’ of mis-selling